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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
An Interesting Chamber.


The Supreme Court chamber at
Washington was given over to frescoers
last summer, and was barren and
desolate place enough. Dusty white
bags shrouded the busts of dead-and-
gone Chief Justices in the inches
around the semi-circular walls. the
floors were bare, and the high bench
looked cold and lonely. Scaffoldings
held the painters to their work up UNI
der the high ceiling. In the gloomy
looking clerks desk was locked up the
famous court Bible--an Oxford edition
of 1899. first used when the court came
to Washington in 1900. Since then
every President has kissed it at his in
auguration, and every Chief and Asso-
ciate Justice has been sworn in upon it.
Just to the north of the main chamber
is the triangular room in which Morse
placed his first telegraph instrument
and received the first message sent
over the wire. 1t came from field
station at Bladensburg, six miles away.
N y Sun. ~
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
GEN ERAL.

Two skeletons dug up several
months ago in cave near Orneau. in
Belgium, appear to belong to the oldest
race of which any record exists. These
prehistoric individuals were contem-
porary with the mammoth, and inhab-
tied the country before the great ice
age. They were short and thick set,
with broad shoulders. supporting a
long and narrow head. with an ex-
tremely low forehead.
The great banyan tres in the Bo-
tanic garden at Calcutta. which is now
about one hundred years old. has a
parent trunk forty-two feet in clrcum-
ference. and two hundred and thirty
two aerial trunks. or root-drops, from
few inches to foot around. The
vast leafy crown has circumference
of eight hundred AMI fifty-seven feet.
A still larger banyan grows near the
hill fort of Wysatgarh. in the Bombay
presidency. The circumference Of its
head in 1882 was fifteen hundred and
eighty-seven feet The banyan usu-
ally begins its life by growing upon
the surface of some other plant. as,
for example, the wild date, which it
strangles as it increases in size. ~
Y Ledger
In a recently-published letter on
lightning rods Prof Tyndall insists
upon the Importance of having the
conductor lead down to metallic
plate underground. THE abolition
of resistance Is absolutely necessary
in connecting lightning conductor
with the earth, and this is done by
closely embedding in the earth plate
Of good conducting material. and OF
large area The plate constitutes a
wide door. through which the electric
ity passes freely to the earth. its dis
ruptive and damaging effects being
thereby avoided. Chains are some-
times employed as lightning con-
ductors, but Prot Tyndall has found
them unsatisfactory. The contact Of
link with link is not perfect enough to
allow free movement of the electric
current r Ledger
The first young girl to be cremat-
ed in America was nine-year-old Aida
Weissleder, the daughter of the super
intendent Of the Brush Electric Light
Company in Cincinnati. Her body
was burned in the crematory in that
city. The corpse, wrapped in white
alum linen, with white and yellow
roses on the breast, was slid in the re-
tort bv two attendants, who at once
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
THE iAolAN TRAIL.

In days long gone, whore rocky clifI.
There va q n.th ~ douh,s ana M
w. csI,e1 q ,,,en the I,a,an 1,ra,,
In ragged line, from top to base,
BY brush and br,er and iumping-place.
Wound ,p and down the Indian Trail.
10 girl, though nimble as fawn,
70 COW, no dog. no man OF Drawn.
Could safely tread that Indian Trail.
Beyond the age Of childish toy,
The fearless and elastic boy
Alone could use the Indian Trail.
Twas like great commemorate day,
From fearful March 10 smiling May.
When first Won climbed the Indian Trail.
I've threaded many devious maze
And Alpine path without a rail,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
The Regular Thing.

An old gentleman Of Detroit was
passing through the ceremony Of taking
his fourth wife the other day. At the
impressive climax of the good preacher
mans part in the performance some
body was heard sobbing in an adjoin-
ing room.
..My,goodnessr exclaimed one Of the
guests in dramatic whisper, "who on
earth is that crying on this festive oc-
casionp"
THAT" replied mischievous mem
Der of the experienced bridegroom
family; that's no body but EN-. She
alsDays boohoos when pas getting mar
ried. "--Dstroit Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
BUNkOED IN CHICAGO.
How M. Quad Invested Some OF Hts Spare
Cash in the Garden City.

How M. Quad Invested Some Of Hts Spare
Cash in the Garden City.
You read about the bunko game
every day or two, but do you know
what it is? Something was said in a
Chicago paper the other day about my
being bunkoed in that city couple
of weeks ago l deny the allegation
in the most vigorous manner. l can
take the reporter who wrote that item
by the heels and make him wish in
about minute that he had been born
a hundred years earlier or later. 1t is
the basest slander-the meanest cam
paign scandal-the boldest falsehood
since 1892
Before proceeding further let me say
that the word bunko is sometimes
spelled bunco. You can have it either
way you like. but the game is nearly
always the same, and all victims feel
the same,
Play the bunko game on meP Why.
knew that game thirty years ago.
and claim to be able to tell a bunko-
steerer from lawyer whole block
away. Indeed. I've had bunko men
drop around to tell me that was the
very last man on the face of the earth
they'd think Of running up against.
might be roped in with gold brick.
but bunko-never.
hsd just como out of the fremont
House and turned up State street,
when good-looking young fellow halt
ed me, extended his hand for shake
and exclaimed: 3
why. Quad. old fellow, how are
you, and how are all the folks in De
troitP'
SMILED. l smiled because knew
ne was bunko-steerer. he had gol
my name and town from the hotel reg
lister, after the usual fashion. But
shook his hand and renlicd that was
pretty well, and that Detroit was daily
improving. What's the use of trying
10 crush bnnko-stccrer into litslesi
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
Doubtful Accommodation.

Brownies employer was calling his
attention to the sales of another travel
ing man, and intimating that he ought
to try and do as well.
II tell you what it is" said Browne.
''it's AL in She territory man has to
travel. Now any fool can sell goods in
that territory"
WELL" replied the merchant.
thoughtfully, II think ] will start you
out on that route next month. "-Mer-
chant 7raDeier.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
Dickens in Louisville.


Old Major Throckmorton. keeper of
the Gait House in Louisville, was u
good old man, and Kentucky to the
bone. When Dickens came to the
house IN 1876 the Major gracefully and
Hospitality addressed him thus. while
the assembled crowd looked on and
listened with admiration akin to en-
thusiasm: .'Mr. Dickens, we are glad
to meet you. We know you and adj
mire you. and will reckon it privi-
lege to be allowed to extend to you the
Inequalities of the metropolis of Ken
lucky. As your especial host. l beg
that you will command me for any
service in my power to render" Mr.
Dickens received this with frigid
stare. when need you. landlord, :"
he said, pointing to the door. 81 will
ring The next moment the distin-
guished author was half way out of the
window, the Majors boot under his
coat-tail. and numerous Kentuckians
holding the Majors coat-tail, for the
Major viewed insults from strictly
Kentucky point of view. And the
only mention of this incident in the
american Notes is that Dickens saw
a pig roofing in the streets of Louis
vile, which proves that great novel
lists are more careful about their fiction
than their facts. Ben: Perley Poore, in
Boston Bud0et
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
THE LOST TIN BOX.
How jerry Green Overreached
Himself.

at Is very mysterious business"
said Lawyer Simpkins, rubbing his
nose. and adjusting his spectacles.
Hiram Green sent for me ten days be-
for he died. and gave me his bonds
and securities to draw the July inter-
est for him. put them all back in the
tin box myself, and he counted and ex-
amincd them. The day he died he
tried to tell me something about jerry
and that box. 'Jerry-tin box--all in
the box--Jerry,' was about all l could
make out" ,.ff.f. ~
'.And the tin box was stolen," said
Tom, the lawyers son and partner.
well, it has disappeared If it has
been stolen, it is of precious little use
to the thief. Every paper In it could
be traced Trust old Hiram Green to
look out for that"
what was it worth?''
ITO u lawful owner, about twenty
thousand dollars"
Then Jacob Green is so much poor
CT! am glad of it,"
"Tcm! Tom! Jacob Green is our
clientr'
''AIl right! shall not proclaim my
opinion on inc nousetcp; put between
ourselves ! tn'hk ne IS tne nieahest'
d'ftlest cur ! ever met Why' ne must
be a rich man, and he grudges his FAM
lily the necessaries of life. Look at AL
ne! lnereis not a serVant-giri at rye
Hill who has not better wardrobe
than Alice (,reeni''
Just so. saa Lawyer o,mpkins'
WIN '"h'kie III MS eyes ner nus
pana can MAKE mat al r'ghs lhoagh.
En-. lom'
Anu thcn iom' nlushihg CRIMSON De-
gan TO talk again about the tln-boN
ana o.a Hiram Green VIII =, =,
Leit every thihg 10 Jaeop, saia
the lawyer; the house. real estate and
personal eHects.
Ana jerry
US not even mentioned IN the
win hiram uree' never iorgaVe
oerr! ior iaiiihS III business ueciafe"
ne haa no head. ana wasn't to be
trust" win money.
ne was ms nephew thougn' Just as
mueh as jacob, ana ne hursed MIN
iaitni"iy al 'he 'as1
but Jerry IS dreamer jacob
VIII double every dollar the old man
leit whi'e gerry wouio propaoly sPenu
legacy IN year or TWO.
~ was nor alone IN tne lawyers Of
nee 'llat 1ne suoJecc Oh fiiram ureeh )
WILL ahq the disappearance OF the TN
poN, were topics .ot conversation.
EVcrsoo'y a' nye rilil hao an OPINION
10 express theory 70 advance Mrs.
Jacob Green ana mrs Jerry Green
were taking the whole matter over on
me polch, OF tne ora mouse where
hiram 'feeh had dieo' wniie Jerry sat
on she steps, looking moodiiy down the
garuen patn.
JACOB says said mat worthy wiie'
that ne II ma that oox' II IL ABOVE
ground
II wonder what he'll DO II 1t amt,
mut'ered Jerry unheard by the
others. .
TIC says, continued Mrs. Jacobs,
''that 1t will take a heap OF money to
put this house in decent repair, and
settle the business! Dear! dear! he
talks as II ms uncle legacy lett MIN
poorer instead OF richer
Il wish it did," muttered Jerry.
Aioui nc SAID;
Maria, II you'll get me hammer
and some nails, III save Jacob twenty
I'VE cents oy fastening these steps
Bee herel ana he ratified the steps on
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
THE HUMAN FAMILY.
Distribution Of Mankind Over the Surface
OF the Earth.

Distribution of Mankind Over the Surface
Of the Earth.
The human family living to-day on
earth consists of about |, 450. 600, 900 in
dividuals; not less, probably more.
These are distributed over the earth's
surface so that-now there is no con-
siderable part where man is not found.
In Asia. where he was first planted.
there are now approximately about
800. 900, 600, densely crowded; on an
average 100 to the square mile. In
Europe there are $50. 900, 900, averag-
ing 100 to the square mile-not so
crowded, but everywhere dense, and at
all points over-populated. In Africa
there are 21O,OO0,O 900. In America,
North and South, there are 40, 200, 600
relatively thinly scattered and recent.
In the Islands, large and small.
probably 100000. The ex-
tremcs of the white and black
are as five to three; the remaining
700, 900, 600 intermediate brown and
tawny. OF the race. 500, 900, 600 are
well clothed, that is, wear garments Of
some kind to cover their nakedness;
700, 900, 600 are semi-clothed. covering
inferior parts of the body; 250, ZOO, 600
are practically naked. CT the race,
500. 900, 900 live in houses partly fur
nished with the appointments of civili-
cation; 800, 600, 600 in huts or caves
with no furnishing; $4,000, 600 have
nothing that can be called a home, are
barbarous and savage. The range is
from the topmost round-the Anglo
Saxon civilization, which is the highest
known-down to naked savagery. Tho
portion of the race lying below the
line of human condition is at the very
least three-ifths of the whole--9O0.
600. OO0 Philadelphia Record
Rapid Photography: A German
photographer. Herr Ottoman Absolute.
has succeeded in preparing photo
graphic plates so sensitive that an ex-
posture of one five-thousandth of q
second is sufficient. A very small lens
must be use. so that the pictures arc
generally only seven-sixteenths Of an
inch in length and breadth. Enlarged
to an inch and half on glass plates.
and rotated in series OF twenty-four be-
fore a Geissler tube, the pictures are
used for producing the motions Of ani-
mails on a large screen. -ArkansaO
1raueler.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
Whitehall Times.

Nature made the model man
With perfect form. though nude;
The tailor dressed the fellow up
The man was then dude
Whitehall Times.
Wife Zone day after marriage)-
No, dear. don't give me any money; |
might lose it. Same Wife Zone year
after marriage)-I took $50 from your
pocketbook last night John.-M y
Sun.
Maryland Darky--How d'y boss?
How many melons You raised this year?
Gardener-About 900. l guess, Pete.
How many have you raisedP Darky-
Forty-two, sab (aside) -ober yo' fence!
burlington Free Press
Mrs. O'Harrity-Now put in an
other quart Grocer-Why didn't you
ask for half-gallon at first and have
done with ite Mrs. O'Harrity-Och,
bless yez sowl! One quart is for me-
self and t'othcr is for Mrs. Casey.
Back from the Main Wood. Bar
stow-Shot him yourself. JackP Train
-Yaas; had tough work with him, too
Barstow-What guide did you have
this year? Train-Dirty johnson. Bar
stow-What does Dirty charge for let
ting you lie about tn, game he kills
this season. He was too steep for me
last year.--Judge.
We owe it to ourselves to make
good use of our endowments and OPP
portunities. The talents given US are
not for ornament, much less for waste
and loss. but for such employment as
we can give them in behalf OF worthy
objects. And what joy it will be to
render a good account OF them!--
United Presbyterian.
In San Sebastian. we are informed.
the people appeared in their old
clothes and made no demonstration
whatever upon the recent visit Of tho
Queen of Spain. But viewed Alright,
the behavior Of the populace was very
thoughtful and considerate. They
merely wished to show her majesty
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03

"A Cincinnati constable recently
levied on parrot and cage and re-
moved them to the Office Of magis-
trate on a judgment against citizen.
The woman to whom they belonged
proved to the satisfaction Of the squire
that the property was her own, and not
her husbands and got it back with one
cent damages,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03

The passengers on the Croton spec
ial trains on the New York Central u
Hudson river railroad were agreeably
surprised when they got aboard ut the
various stations one day recently to
find the cars comfortably heated by
steam direct from the locomotive, and
al the stoves removed
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03

Among novelties in inkstands Is
one OF tripod Of coaching horrs hold
ing wheel. in the hub of which is
found the ink. The whole thing Is on.
a stand covered with aminiature horse
blanket
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03

There is always more misery
among the lower classes than there
is humanity in the higher. = Iictov
Hugo
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
WIT AND WISDOM.

Disorder in drawing room is vul-
gar; in an antiquary's study, not; the
black battle-stain on soldiers face is
not vulgar, but the dirty face Of a house,
maid is.--Rus5tn.
Only Step.
Nature made the model man
With perfect form. though nude;
The tailor dressed the fellow up
The man was then a dude.
Uh;fobUiT Tyanas
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-26

..BEEI.ZEBUB AND ABRAHAM"

The wall OF the prophet was, who hath
believed our report?'' The lamentation
of the modern preacher is, "Who hath UNI
derstood our sermon?' Even the advo-
cate mourns that his plain argument has
failed to convince the jury. Poets, law
yers and preachers lave found out by sad
experience that
"a jesGs prosperity lies in the ear
OF HIM that hears it, neverin the tongue
II him that makes it,"
An amusing illustration of this fact oc-
CURED at the funeral of a Scotch peasant.
The minister, having returned to the wild
owls cottage, after the burial, sought to
moderate her waiIing and weeping.
~'..Janet. ma Woman said he, ''remem-
Der you rave a family to care fer, and
ought not to give way to excessive grief
sAhonel Ahone!'' walled the sobbing
widow.
ssJanet. desistl Remember the Lord
giveth, and the Lord taketh away"
.'Oh. aye, sir; blessed be His holy
name,'' sobbed Janet. 4. 'Truly, sir, a
shouldna tax on sac, but he was a guide
man to me-o Donald Donald ahone, I'm
sure, sir, ! shouldna greet (weep) sac, as
Donald is by his time in Bcelzebu6's
bosomr'
sBeelzebub's bosom. woman!' exclaim-
ed the minister. sIt's Abraham's bosom
We mean. Hae ye sat sac lang under ma
ministry and no ken the difference between
Beelzebub and Abraham?"
ssWae's me! I'm a puir ignorant erea-
turer' answered the widow. "Beelzebub
and Abraham Abraham and Beelzebubl
A declare, that in spite o aw yer teaehin',
a. wadna ken the ane frae the Ither gin
they were bath standing afore met
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-26
sEREN HER.''

General Lew Wallace has been talking
tot reporter. lie says: 81 began The
Fair God whenI was eighteen years old.
Mexico and her history has always had a
charm for me. began this book and then
| went to the Mexican war as a soldier and
fought over the ground had thought SO
much about. When / returned | took up
the thread Of the story and finished it.
"Ben IIur' is now seven years old and
yet it continues TO sell. That story vent
very curiously. 1t did not sell so much the
first year as the second. That is something
rather unusual, / am told, in a story. The
public didn't seem to understand what it
was exactly when it was first published.
But it is certainly going very nicely low
"Don't you attribute a portion Of its sue
cess to the fact of its semi-religious ma
ture?''
81 certainly do. think a great many
people read it who do hot read novels gen
orally. You know that it is said that a
large element of John b. Coughs success
lay in the fact that he had power as an
actor. People who never thought Of at
tending a theatre would listen to Cough
with great pleasure
"IIad you ever been in the Holy Land
when you wrote yonr book?"
sNo, sir. | finished Ben IIur' in the
old palace of the M~ontezumas, at Santa Fe,
New Mexico, when | was governor OF that
Aorr4or- mo,IxaI u,fh a Iaroa man IF
the country before me. / studied every
point and carried my characters from place
to place with great care. ! read all the
books l could get hold Of on the nature Of
the country and the habits of the people
and, finally. when I was Minister to Tur-
key, l decided to go to Palestine and Jeru-
salem to see if there were any portions of
the book that ought to be rewritten"
"Did you find any ?"
81 found that there was not a single word
| could change. 1t was just as | wanted
it. There were indeed some very striking
condolences. | rode out from Jerusalem to
Bethlehem, and, leaving my horse. walked
back. All this ground ] had described
infinitely by studying my map for the
geography and studying books of travel
for the topography. At a certain point in
the POOL | describe The mother and sister
of my hero, who were lepers, as taking
refuge in a tomb and were waiting for the
coming of Jesus. When | reached the
proper point in the journey, sure enough.
there was the tomb, as | had described. !
had also described these women as having
sat by the wayside on a big white stone.
Even the stone was there. The descrip-
ton which had given of the view from
Mount Olives, across the valley of Kedron,
was as good as | could have written as /
sat there and actually saw it.'-Detroit
Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-26
THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.

A paper read before the Salem County Po-
mona Grange by Il Sister, written on the fol-
lowing text:
SHOULD the will of il child be compelled to
submit to that of its parents by coercion, or
by wise and judicious training?n
Perhaps there is nothing that so effects
the happiness of parents as the welfare of
their children, whether they grow up to
be good and useful, filling any station in
life in which they may be placed with
earnestness and dignity, or spending their
time in idleness and dissipation. There
fore we believe it is the wish of all think
ing parents that their children be led and
guided in the true way, but in a family
of children we may find the very opposite
way of training may be needed-one child
may require a decided and positive mode
of government, often requiring severe
rules to be kept in proper bounds, while
in another a few gentle words of caution
will be all that is needed. If parents
would always have patience, so as to gov
ern wisely. either by coercion or gentle adj
vice, we think often the hardest to govern
when young would make the most useful
members of society when grown, as the
strong will that is SO unpleasant in child
hood, when rightly directed, will be firm
ness and decision of character so much
needed to resist the temptations in after
life. We believe that if force is to be used
in the government of children it should be in
the few first years of their life, before their
reasoning powers are fully developed. They
can then, perhaps, more quickly be made
to understand the difference between right
and wrong by force than by reason. If
parents have failed to live the grand life
pictured in their imagination, have had
more cares and disappointments than
seemed to be their share, if they have
trained Alright the immortal souls commit
ted to their care, they have not lived in
vain. Yet we know that sometimes those
who are the most tenderly and prayerfully
trained are the most careless and reckless
when grown, owing sometimes to a natural
disposition, or it may be to undue restraint,
not having been permitted enough of the
freedom and pleasures of childhood to have
allowed a full development of character.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-26
HOW TO IRON CuSrs AND COLLARS.

Have ready some irons very hot, only
Just not to scorch. And let there be
enough irons not to have to wait for a
second when the first is cool. These must
be very clean and with a good polish. To
insure the latter have a piece of beeswax,
and when the iron is taken off the fire rub
it over the beeswax, and then rub the iron
on some crushed salt and it will run smooth
". Now on the ironing sheet lay a clean,
smooth cloth, a handkerchief will do. Lay
a collar on this, fold over part of the hand
kerchief and iron quickly from one end to
the other two or three times to dry it a
little. While still steaming take off the
handkerchief, stretch the collar with the
hands and iron briskly on the right side
straight across. If the iron is not hot
enough, or the collar too dry, the starch
will stick. When the right side is smooth,
without creases, turn it on the other side
and iron more slowly SO as to dry il
thoroughly. The irons require constant
renewing as the damp cools them quickly.
If any starch appears on the iron it mus
be scraped OF with a knife before going
back to the fire. If you do not want shirts
| or cuffs TO blister and wrinkle when bnt-
toned, do not make the first, or boiled
| starch. too stiff, and rub it in well. o
! course you know that they should Away
be dipped in cold starch, j. e, clear starcl
mixed thin with cold water before ironing